2526-206 - Manager, Workplace Wellness, Health and Disability Management (CL8) - Central Office
Manager, Workplace Wellness, Health and Disability Management
Education
Central Office
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Human Resources Department
Continuing Full-Time Position: Commencing approximately October 6, 2025
Application deadline is 11:59pm, September 11, 2025
Competition No. 2526-206
Salary range: $109,891.508 to $129,284.126 annually
Empower Well-being. Shape a Healthier Campus. Lead with Purpose.
Are you ready to make a meaningful impact on the lives of employees and the culture of an entire college community? We're looking for a visionary leader to champion wellness, health, and disability management; someone who thrives on collaboration, innovation, and compassion.
What You'll Be Doing…
Reporting to the Director, Human Resources, the Manager, Workplace Wellness, Health and Disability Management will be at the heart of our efforts to create a vibrant, inclusive, and supportive workplace. You'll work closely with internal and external partners, including unions, insurers, the Workers Compensation Board, and government agencies-to design and deliver programs that help employees stay healthy, return to work with dignity, and feel truly supported.
You will be responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating programs that support employee health and wellness, as well as accommodation and return-to-work ensuring compliance with relevant legislation (e.g., Workers Compensation Act, Human Rights Act, Labour Standards Code, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Stronger Workplaces Act, etc.) while fostering a proactive culture of workplace wellness.
You'll be a strategic force behind programs that help employees stay at work or return with confidence and dignity. You'll work hand-in-hand with a wide network of internal and external partners, including unions, the Occupational Health and Safety team, the Human Rights Equity and Inclusion team, the Human Resources team, insurers, the Workers Compensation Board, and government agencies-to build and sustain a culture of care.
What You'll Be Leading…
- Innovative wellness and disability management programs that reduce the human and financial impact of illness and absence.
- Initiatives that align with best practices and emerging trends in employee health, mental wellness, and accessibility to promote a psychologically and physically healthy workforce.
- Strategic partnerships across the College to promote understanding and action around health, accommodations, and inclusive support.
- Joint oversight of the College's comprehensive Mental Wellness Strategy which promotes mental wellness across our College community while upholding our values of accessibility, diversity, inclusion, employee success, student success, safety, public accountability, sustainability and innovation.
Why You'll Love This Role…
- You'll be at the forefront of shaping a vibrant employee experience for the College which is shaping the workforce of tomorrow.
- You'll influence campus-wide wellness culture and accessibility standards.
- You'll foster and develop best practices informed by emerging trends to develop advances in employee health and wellness.
- You'll be part of a collaborative leadership team committed to ensuring programs offered to employees are contributing to the vibrant employee experience and the wellness of our campus community and working broadly with leaders across the College to promote a better understanding around employee health and wellness (mental and physical), reasonable accommodations, and return to work.
- You'll lead our relationship with the Worker's Compensation Board and our insurers to ensure coverage models make the best use of resources while supporting our workers.
Qualifications and Occupational Experience:
- The minimum educational qualification for this position is a Bachelor's degree in a related discipline such as counselling, education, social sciences, health promotion, social work, etc. In addition, you possess training/course work in Disability Management or Return to Work. Specialized training and/or certifications in areas related to health promotion, mental health and wellness, disability management and evaluation would be considered an asset.
- You have a minimum of 7 years of recent and related occupational experience as a subject matter expert and/or program manager in the area of workplace health promotion and mental wellness.
- You have specific experience in health promotion, mental health, and workplace wellness, with a strong track record of supporting adult health and well-being through education, policy development, and wellness initiatives in organizational settings.
- Previous experience in Occupational Health or Disability Management (accommodations and return-to-work) is required.
- You are familiar with and comfortable using computer applications such as the Microsoft Office Suite, E-mail, business software, databases, and reporting tools (e.g., Microsoft 365 Programs, Oracle, PeopleSoft).
- You are comfortable working in a digital environment; you take responsibility for acquiring knowledge about advancing technology; and you are committed to using technology to create an exceptional student experience.
- You have leadership experience in a multi-union complex environment.
- Ability to collect, manage and present data metrics and dashboards to show continuous improvement or highlight risks such as reduction in the length of absences related to sick/short-term/long-term/workers' compensation leaves.
Relevant Skills and Knowledge:
You demonstrate a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- You possess excellent interpersonal skills that enable you to interact at all levels of an organization.
- You are known for your superior customer service skills and are able to create a relationship of trust beyond the immediate interaction.
- Your superb team working skills enable you to contribute positively to a team environment.
- You are known for your problem solving and critical thinking skills.
- You are a strong communicator.
You have strong project management and change management skills.
You are dedicated to life-long learning.
You have a high degree of cultural proficiency and understanding of equity principles, with a demonstrated track record of working effectively within and across equity-seeking communities.
You have exceptional interpersonal, collaborative, facilitation, organizational, conflict management, communication and leadership skills.
You have the ability to facilitate the learning of others through effective consulting and presentation skills.
You have expert working knowledge of relevant legislation.
Candidates selected for interviews will be expected to provide at least three recent, occupational references. The successful candidate will be expected to provide official transcripts to show proof of academic achievements.
NSCC is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. As part of this commitment, NSCC will ensure that applicants are provided reasonable accommodations, as required. If accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process, please contact Nikki Berrigan, HR Generalist at [email protected]. Our Employee Workplace Accommodation Policy can be found here.
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